Addressing the UN in New York for the first time since he called Mr Bush a devil three years ago, Mr Chavez, a fierce Left-wing critic of America, made an hour-long speech that was almost as rambling as that delivered by Col Muammar Gaddafi a day earlier. The smell of sulphur is gone. It smells of hope, he said, adding cheekily that Mr Obama should come over to the socialist side...come join the axis of evil over here . Mr Chavez condemned capitalism as a chief cause of climate change and other environmental problems in a speech that touched on Albert Einstein, Karl Marx and a new film by Oliver Stone about him and other socialist leaders in South America. While the Libyan leader reeled off a string of conspiracy theories in his 96-minute diatribe, Mr Chavez had only one - that a cabal of US film distributors had conspired to keep Stone s work, South of the Border, out of American cinemas. The Venezuelan leader was not entirely complimentary about Mr Obama, whom he accused of being two-faced and making promises which he failed to meet. Doesn t it seem like there are two Obamas he asked. Mr Chavez urged the US president to end the embargo on Cuba and reiterated that the world should help end the political crisis in Honduras. He drew laughter when he promised not to talk longer than Col Gaddafi, joking at the 51-minute mark of his speech that he thought he had spoken for 10 minutes tell a Fox News producer how stupid his network is. The stupid people from Fox News -- not you, of course, he says. BREAKING NEWS VENEZUELA S PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ HAS PASSED AWAY, ACCORDING TO VICE PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO, WHO BROKE THE NEWS ON A PRESIDENTIAL BROADCAST THE AFTERNOON OF MARCH 5, 2013. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA. REGARDING OF ANY POLITICAL DIFFERENCES, WE STILL PAY RESPECT TO THE LEADER OF THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA. CAA1000 Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum talks to Greta Van Susteren about President Obama s obsession with cable news networks, particularly Fox News. He s certainly not talking about MSNBC, Santorum says. My goodness, they re the biggest cheerleader... This reminds me of what Hugo Chavez is doing down in Venezuela, trying to shut down the voice of opposition in the media... Not good at all. Greta is incensed that we ve become the bad guys. This is a very thin-skinned President, Santorum adds. The fact that some here on Fox are taking Obama on... His reaction, I think, is really unprofessional. Some clips I put together to sum up my feelings for some people, groups and orgs. Despite the song s name, I don t want to hurt the children or victims of Political, religious, economic or social actions. Just the bastards that cause it. NOTE I don t claim onwership of any audio or video clips in this video. A former paratrooper, Hugo Chavez burst onto Venezuela s national stage in 1992 when he led a failed military coup. After two years in prison he returned to politics and was swept to power in a 1998 election. A self-proclaimed socialist and revolutionary, he won enduring support among the poor and repeated election victories by using Venezuela s oil wealth to pursue socialist policies. But his opponents accused him of mishandling the economy and taking the country towards dictatorship. Internationally, he was a staunch critic of US imperialism and accused Washington of backing a failed coup against him in 2002. In Tuesday s televised address, a tearful Mr Maduro said the president had passed away after battling a tough illness for nearly two years . We have received the toughest and tragic information that... Comandante President Hugo Chavez died today at 16 25 20 55 GMT , he added. Mr Maduro called on the nation to close ranks after its leader s demise. Let there be no weakness, no violence. Let there be no hate. In our hearts there should only be one sentiment Love. He promised to maintain Mr Chavez s revolutionary, anti-imperialist and socialist legacy . Police and troops would be deployed nationwide to guarantee the peace , he added. The vice-president also spoke of a plot against Venezuela, saying he had no doubt that Mr Chavez s cancer, first diagnosed in 2011, had been induced by foul play by Venezuela s enemies - the US promptly rejected the accusations lt b gt ... lt b gt Daniel 12 10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.

• published: 09 Mar 2013
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